A friend gave me this list that she used for hospital :shock: .
Hope it a help :lol:

Labour Bag:

2 Old Nightdresses & Socks
Hair bobbins & brush
Toothpaste & Toothbrush, Deodorant and Facial wipes, Moisturiser
Evian Face Spray & Tissues
Tens Machine
Glucose Sweets, water, fruit, energy bars
Lip Balm, Tea-Tree Oil, Rescue Remedy & Homeopathy Labour Kit
Magazines & Music.
Nursing Bras, STts (Kotex Night) & disposable pants
Notebook & Pen
Flip Flops
Dressing Gown & Slippers
Towel (dark colour)
Fan
Purse with change for vending machines,
Mobile phone and charger.
Camera
Clothes for baby (Vest, Sleepsuit, Scratch Mits, Hat & Cardi)

Partner:
Change of top& deodrant
Change for parking meter

Baby Bag:
Babygros/Sleepsuits (9-12)
Vests (9-12)
Cardigan
Scratch mitts & Socks & Hat
Blanket & Muslin squares
Cotton Wool packs (not hosp rolls)
Soothers
Towel (although didn’t use it, he didn’t have a bath till he was 10 days old!)
Nappies (I took a pack of 28 – plenty but have a spare pack at home!)
Teddy bear!


1st night onwards…

• Disposable pants (Buy em larg and then bin em!! I had about 5 pairs
• Big knickers (5 pairs for £5 M&S!, • Maternity sanitary pads (Mothercare, I used two packs, although keep an extra spare pack at home that Ben can bring in just in case!) 4.50
• Sanitary bags
• Always Ultra Allnight Sanitary towels,
• Breast pads (Johnson and Johnson)
• Nursing bras (2, £25 M&S)
• Front opening nightie
EAR PLUGS
• Toiletries (two in one shampoo, facial wipes, and roll on deodorant)
• Tissues
• Vaseline for dry lips
• Kamillosan cream for sore nipples
• DARK towels (you will BIN them as soon as possible! Trust me!!)(I used one hand towel and 1 bath towel (Got navy blue ones from Tesco)
• Comfy clothes to go home in (remember your feet might swell)
• Make up!!!!
• Money for phone card, newspaper etc….
• Magazine to flick through when you spend the entire night awake listening to other babies cry whilst yours sleeps!!!
• Socks (feet can get cold in labour apparently (Mine didn’t!)) Slippers (€6 penneys)



Coming Home:
Loose Jeans/Trousers (unfortunately Maternity)
Top
Shoes & Socks
Blanket
Outfit, Vest, Cardigan & Hat

Thanks for that ceegee70x!

When I think back to when I had my first, I was so young and foolish (I mean, I really was). I had no idea about any of that stuff for me! I was never told by the doctor or by the woman giving the antenatal classes. It came as a huge shock when I needed to change the pads nearly every two hours!

How about we ask for this to be a sticky?

Glad it might be of help.
I havn't any experience so i don't know if its appropriate but it does seem very comprehensive.
She also sectioned her stuff out into ziplock bags so if Nurse or Hubby was rifling for something they'd lay their hands on it straight away!!!

I emailed Fiona about obtaining Sticky status, it would be great if others would add their own helpful tips.

Thanks for posting this - it's great for first-timers-(hopefully!)-to-be like myself!

Not ttc yet, but we were talking about it all weekend, and have decided to bite that bullet in September. I'm very nervous, but very excited too - I'll be counting the weeks until then. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but obviously I really hope we get lucky in the first couple of months. It would be lovely to have some good news for Christmas!

Anyway, sharing stuff like this is a real help to the (very green!) newbies like me - it's much appreciated!

Great post.

Just word of warning...don't bring everything in together. Get someone to bring stuff in & out as you need it. You'll need labour bag and a nappy, vest & babygro for baby when you go in. also a change of nighty & showerstuff, towel, maternity pads & underwear for yourself.

After that remember there are major space constraints in place.

You might not need all that stuff, it depends on hwo long your in there etc, i only syated 1.5 nights and didnt use half the stuff i brought in, as someone else said u only get a tiny locker :(

just my opinion on below and how it applied to me:

Labour Bag:

2 Old Nightdresses & Socks - i bought new ones,in penneys, ended up just wearing the pj top gicing birth
Hair bobbins & brush -yep
Toothpaste & Toothbrush, Deodorant and Facial wipes, Moisturiser -yep, its great to feel normal the day after
Evian Face Spray & Tissues -didnt need it
Tens Machine -didnt have one either, good to have maybe at home when contractions first start
Glucose Sweets, water, fruit, energy bars -no didnt need these either
Lip Balm, Tea-Tree Oil, Rescue Remedy & Homeopathy Labour Kit -lip balm yeah..no to the other stuff
Magazines & Music. -yep
Nursing Bras, STts (Kotex Night) & disposable pants -Sts yeah, your normal mat bra will do for the first few days
Notebook & Pen -for what exactly?
Flip Flops -brought these expectinh the worse bathroom wise but theyre spotless
Dressing Gown & Slippers -brought these too but only wore them going to the shop etc, its roastin in the wards
Towel (dark colour) -yep deffo
Fan -they have large fans in the delivery room but the hand held ones might be handy as per previous post, wards are roasting
Purse with change for vending machines, -yeah if your lucky to have the vending machines
Mobile phone and charger. -yeah
Camera -DH looked after the photographty side of things for us
Clothes for baby (Vest, Sleepsuit, Scratch Mits, Hat & Cardi) -yep

Partner:
Change of top& deodrant -yep
Change for parking meter -yep

Baby Bag:
Babygros/Sleepsuits (9-12) theres no way you'll need to bring 9-12, bring 2 of each and see hoe u get on
Vests (9-12) ditto
Cardigan yeah
Scratch mitts & Socks & Hat -only used the hat once when he was gettin wrapped up after delivery but sone babies have that " cone head " look if forceps are used :shock:
Blanket & Muslin squares -blanket yeah , muslin not necessary
Cotton Wool packs (not hosp rolls) yeah
Soothers -yeah if u plan using one this early
Towel (although didn’t use it, he didn’t have a bath till he was 10 days old!)
Nappies (I took a pack of 28 – plenty but have a spare pack at home!)
Teddy bear!


1st night onwards…

• Disposable pants (Buy em larg and then bin em!! I had about 5 pairs - i didnt need these i didnt bleed much at all ( sorry TMI) i just owre my mat knickers
• Big knickers (5 pairs for £5 M&S!, • Maternity sanitary pads (Mothercare, I used two packs, although keep an extra spare pack at home that Ben can bring in just in case!) 4.50
• Sanitary bags -
• Always Ultra Allnight Sanitary towels,
• Breast pads (Johnson and Johnson)
• Nursing bras (2, £25 M&S)
• Front opening nightie
EAR PLUGS
• Toiletries (two in one shampoo, facial wipes, and roll on deodorant)
• Tissues
• Vaseline for dry lips
• Kamillosan cream for sore nipples
• DARK towels (you will BIN them as soon as possible! Trust me!!)(I used one hand towel and 1 bath towel (Got navy blue ones from Tesco)
• Comfy clothes to go home in (remember your feet might swell)
• Make up!!!!
• Money for phone card, newspaper etc….
• Magazine to flick through when you spend the entire night awake listening to other babies cry whilst yours sleeps!!! - i slept the whole night didnt hear any babies TG
• Socks (feet can get cold in labour apparently (Mine didn’t!)) Slippers (€6 penneys)

yep to all:
Coming Home:
Loose Jeans/Trousers (unfortunately Maternity)
Top
Shoes & Socks
Blanket
Outfit, Vest, Cardigan & Hat

and also remember that stuff can get stolen.

wow ceege you must have had it by now

can i second the disposable pants!
i didn't have these and went through lots of knicks as i wasn't going to bother bringing them home to be washed!!

one thing i should have brought, just a small thing but you go through so many pairs!

I was wondering why you would need 9-12 sleep suits/bgro's. I was like :shock:
Great list tho!

Babies get sick a lot and sometimes you might only have changed them and up it comes again...hence lots of babygros!

Just a suggestion to get some sterile water so you have it when you come home for cleaning babies eyes

Hi girls,

I just wanted to add that a friend is private in the Coombe at the mo and they rarely come in and clean her room - she swears that anyone coming into the hospital shoud bring a packet of disposable domestos wipes if they want their locker, table etc to be kept clean!

Just wanted to add to this that if you get stiches, its recommended* that you don't use always or anything that has that type of covering (it can remain too moist and encourage germs and infection), and it is recommended that you use something with a "paper-like" covering, as the midwife said to me.

I got the mothercare ones (12 for €2) which I find great.

*(this could be wrong advice, but was what I was told)

no grumpy - heard that too - you need the auld-fashioned Dr. White ones!!!

are they the big nappy type ones?!